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Show COMMERCIAL STREET PAVEMENT. A Committee Appointed to Select Material For the Work. Frank II. Dyer presided at a mooting of business busi-ness men, held in the Clawson wurehouso Inst evening, to consider the qiewtion of selecting material with which to pave Commercial strcx t. As this will be the first pavement to bj laid down in the city under the recent legislative net, considerable con-siderable interest attaches to the iierformance of the work, and the success of the undertaking is lookixl for us a guiding post to the iwving of the entire oily. A number of local contractors wero present, and each of them presented liin individual views as to the merits of the different kinds of pave-nient. pave-nient. Those gentlemen wero nnnb'e to make more than an approximate estimate of the probable prob-able cost of the work, anil as such figuring had b ion the cause of serious loss in other cities, the meeting (h-cided to postHine final action for a week. On motion tho chairman iippointcd a committee, consisting of M. ssrs. Dyer, l'rutt, Lyman, l'embroke and Cluwson, to re;iort detail-, and suggestions from outsiders can lie presented to this commituo during the week. Contiactore, however, must accompany their views with figures as to the cost, which will not ba published. The prefen n e will be given to Utah muteriid so far as practicable. |